She dispatches injured tourists to the plant's plaza before sealing off the area, taking Sazh and his son back to the offices in Eden to discuss Dajh's condition. Arriving on the grounds, she meets Sazh Katzroy and his six-year-old son, Dajh, who had been detained for inspection. In Final Fantasy XIII-2, Nabaat is intrigued by human nature because at one moment, they fight each other to the death and the next, they form "shaky alliances", making themselves unsolvable contradictions.īefore the incident at Euride Gorge, Jihl Nabaat and her PSICOM troops were sent to monitor the facility, deemed as an official "state of emergency". Despite this, Nabaat is loyal to Primarch Galenth Dysley. As a result, Nabaat easily loses patience when things go wrong, projecting blame on her subordinates and giving desperate orders to regain control. She is a cold and calculating sadist who sees herself superior to ordinary humans, whom she views as flawed objects she can use in her agenda despite any loyalty they may possess towards her. Nabaat is described as cruel and heartless, and she sees all l'Cie, regardless of whether they are from Pulse or Cocoon, as subhuman. She is in charge of daily policy and takes strategic command of the PSICOM soldiers. She graduated first in her class and advanced in the military ranks to the position she holds as a lieutenant colonel. Nabaat has both political and personal motivations for opposing Lightning's group.
As confirmed in the Final Fantasy XIII Ultimania Omega, Jihl only wears the glasses to appear kind and trustworthy before crushing them on the Palamecia, a representation of her discarding her guise and fully assuming her true personality. Nabaat's glasses, which she normally wears unless in a fight, are thin-framed and have her initials in Cocoon script engraved in the arm. She wields a baton primarily used for fencing.
In Final Fantasy XIII-2, Nabaat's hair is more silvery. Jihl has blonde hair that reaches to her mid-thigh and olive green eyes. Jihl's plans backfire when her carefully laid ambush is unable to contain the l'Cie, and Barthandelus disposes of her as he would any other tool.
She captures Sazh and Vanille in Nautilus, using them as bait in her scheme to draw the other Pulse l'Cie out of hiding. However, her kindness was simply a ruse to gain access to the boy's l'Cie ability to sense Pulse entities. Jihl Nabaat is a talented PSICOM officer who graduated at the head of her class.Īs the supervisor in charge of Dajh's testing, she grew close to his father, Sazh. See also: Datalog (Final Fantasy XIII)/People